Riley McBride, a senior in engineering\u00a0management\u00a0from\u00a0Saint Charles, Missouri, has been crowned the 2026\u00a0Queen of Love and Beauty for the 118th St. Pat\u2019s celebration in Rolla. She was nominated by\u00a0the Fraternal Order of Leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The identities of\u00a0the queen\u2019s court and the student knights\u2019 court\u00a0were revealed during\u00a0the St. Pat\u2019s\u00a0coronation ceremonies held Friday, March 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Members of the queen\u2019s court are:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Princess of Peace and Happiness \u2013\u00a0Isabella Ferrante, a senior in civil engineering and architectural engineering from Kansas City, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Panhellenic Council\u00a0<\/p>\n
Countess of Courage and Valor \u2013\u00a0Grace Williams, a senior in civil engineering from St. Louis,\u00a0representing\u00a0Beta Sigma Psi\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duchess of Divinity and Elegance \u2013\u00a0Molly Herbig, a senior in nuclear engineering from Plano, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Chi Omega.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Members of the student knights\u2019 court are:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prince of Pride and\u00a0Hope \u2013\u00a0Ryan Zimmerman, a senior in aerospace engineering from O\u2019Fallon, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Fraternal Order of Leaders\u00a0<\/p>\n
Count of Charm and Humility \u2013\u00a0Paige Brush, a junior in environmental engineering from Ballwin, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Zeta Tau Alpha\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duke of Dominion and Strength \u2013\u00a0James Fletcher, a junior in\u00a0electrical engineering and education\u00a0from Northmoor, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0the\u00a0Residence\u00a0Hall Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lord of Loyalty and Embrace \u2013\u00a0Autumn Watson, a senior in engineering management from Independence, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Chi Omega.\u00a0<\/p>\n
About Missouri University of Science and Technology\u00a0<\/p>\n
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students\u00a0located\u00a0in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation\u2019s top public universities for salary impact, according to the\u00a0Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit\u00a0www.mst.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riley McBride, a senior in engineering\u00a0management\u00a0from\u00a0Saint Charles, Missouri, has been crowned the 2026\u00a0Queen of Love and Beauty for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-169518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}